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Driver Injured in Trial Spin INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 9 UP.— Cliff Griffith, 37, Indianapolis, a money-winner in the 1952 Indianapolis motor speedway 500-mile race, was injured seriously today when his car hit a wall in a practice spin at a speed averaging about 135 miles per hour. Griffith was burned when the car smacked the southwest turn retaining wall and burst into flames. The car, owned by Ed Walsh, St. Louis, Mo., was wrecked beyond repair in time for the 1953 race May 30.
